Reply #123: I absolutely agree with that. Dealers are cannibalizing the market. [View All]

[last1standing]

I live in the heart of Motor City and their is a dealership on nearly every corner, it seems. For awhile that was fine as there is no efficient form of mass transit in Michigan and everyone needs a car to survive. This meant that new cars were always needed, even in bad economies. Now it's different. With unemployment the highest it's been in my lifetime of 40 years, people are subsisting without vehicles because they just can't afford them or the gas needed to run them. Dealers just can't sell in this environment - at least not when there are so many. The credit crunch isn't helping, either.

And yes, lose some brands like Buick, Chevrolet and Pontiac. Newer, eye-catching models such as the Pontiac Solstice can be relaunched by other brands, preferably newly created ones. A successful company needs to reinvent itself on occasion and now is the time if GM wants to recapture the heart of America.

It would be a shame to see GM go under just as it has started, with baby steps, to move into the future.